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id: creating-data-stores
title: Configuring Trace Ingestion
description: Tracetest enables configuring data stores visually in the Tracetest Web UI.
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  - tracetest
  - trace-based testing
  - observability
  - distributed tracing
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This page shows how to configure tracing backends in the Tracetest Web UI.

Open the **Settings** page and select the **Trace Ingestion** tab.

![Trace Ingestion Settings](../img/08132024/app.tracetest.io_organizations_at4CxvjIg_environments_ttenv_172de56e3dcbba9b_settings_tab=dataStore_how_to.png)

To help you configure the connection, you can use the **Test Connection** button to validate if the connection is successful and Tracetest can fetch traces from the tracing backend.

![Trace Ingestion Settings](../img/08132024/app.tracetest.io_organizations_at4CxvjIg_environments_ttenv_172de56e3dcbba9b_settings_tab=dataStore_test_connection.png)

## Supported Tracing Backends

Select from the [list of available tracing backends](/configuration/overview) and configure the connection.
